Studies about kidney disease in the United States have historically left out Native Americans, but a pair of researchers at the University of New Mexico have won a $3.5 million grant that they hope will make way for more equity in health care research.
Raj Shah has studied kidney disease among Native Americans in New Mexico for 25 years. The funding from the National Institutes of Health will help expand that research to Native Americans across the entire southwest.
“This is a very innovative ki